I decided to do a post about how I package my Brown Baby Bird items. I documented each step 😉One of the things that would make my record keeping slightly easier would be that when I start a new project/pattern, I should do each item in that set at the same time. "Clear as mud?" Okay... when I get some new fabric and stuffed animals to coordinate, and I can make a certain number of sets... let's say six. Two sets with one animal, two sets with another animal, two ribbon blankets, and a floor mat. I should make all of those at the same time. (Instead, I often might do two sets and one ribbon blanket and then at some later time do two more sets and a ribbon blanket. Then at some other time do the floor mat.) That makes keeping track of my inventory difficult, as to what is ready to sell and what still needs to be sewn up. So... I had a basket of just ribbon blankets that were ready to sew... everything cut out... ribbons cut and ready. I decided to take a couple of days and just FINISH those. Kind of like that craft project that got started and has been just sitting, waiting to be finished. 😂 When I finished those and I was ready to package them, I decided to document that process. It might be more complicated than you think.
1. Take several photos of the item. Those will be used for some information cards and photos for Facebook and Etsy. With my Etsy shop, I have started doing a better variety of photos to post.
2. Put the item into the plastic bag and add a plastic link as a hanger.
3. Insert a "Ribbon Blanket Description" card in the FRONT of the package.
4. Insert a "Product Information" card in the BACK of the package and a "Brown Baby Bird information" card in the back as well. (My product information card is specifically for the item. That is where one of the photos is used. On the sets, with a blanket and a stuffed animal, there is an additional card for the outside of the paper tote bag. All of these pics here are just for blankets without a stuffed animal.)
5. Add a plastic bag caution label somewhere on the bag.
6. Add two "Price" labels, one on the front and one on the back. These are removeable labels, and one can be removed as record of the sale, like at Homestead Handcrafts. (The 0395 number on the labels is my vendor identification code for Homestead Handcrafts. When I had items at Homestead Handcrafts and at The Shops of Bandera, my labels had to be different at each place. Ug 😏)
7. Ready to sell 😎 Take to Homestead or keep in my closet for Etsy.
Here are my pics. (Remember when I print my blog book at the end of the year, all of my comments need to be together, followed by all of my photos. Otherwise, I would have put the comment with each photo.)
